Winter Antiques Show Celebrates its 58th Year with Six New Exhibitors and a Loan Exhibition from Historic Hudson Valley
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The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 58th year as America's most prestigious antiques show, providing museums, collectors, dealers, design professionals and first-time buyers with opportunities to see and purchase exceptional pieces showcased by 75 exhibitors.
This year, specialists in 18th and 19th century folk art paintings, 17th through 19th century American furniture, early American arms and armor, 20th century furniture and decorative objects, 20th century fine art photography, 20th century American fine art, and tribal art join the Show. Every object exhibited at the Winter Antiques Show is vetted for quality and authenticity. All net proceeds from the Show support East Side House Settlement, a non-profit in the South Bronx providing social services to community residents.
David Rockefeller, Mark F. Rockefeller, and Charles Rockefeller, are the Winter Antiques Show’s Honorary Co-Chairs for 2012. Keith T. Banks, President, U,S, Trust , Bank of America Private Wealth Management, is Chair of the Opening Night Party on Thursday, January 19th, with U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, as sponsor of the event.
The 2012 loan exhibition, Celebrating Historic Hudson Valley at 60: Rockefeller Patronage in Sleepy Hollow Country, marks the 60th anniversary of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s founding of Sleepy Hollow Restorations, now Historic Hudson Valley. The exhibition showcases fine and decorative art from Phillipsburg Manor, Van Cortlandt Manor, Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, Montgomery Place, and the Union Church of Pocantico Hills. For the 16th year, the loan exhibition is sponsored by Chubb Personal Insurance.
The Winter Antiques Show will run from January 20-29, 2012 at the Park Avenue Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue in New York City. General admission to the show is $20, which includes a copy of the Show’s award-winning catalogue. Daily Admission Tickets may be purchased online at www.WinterAntiquesShow.com, or at the Show starting Friday, January 20. To purchase tickets for the Opening Night Party on Thursday, January 19th, or for Young Collectors Night on Thursday, January 26th, please visit the Winter Antiques Show website at www.WinterAntiquesShow.com, or call (718) 292-7392.
Picture: From Jonathan Boos is Marsden Hartley's (American, 1877-1943). Berlin Series, No. 1. c. 1913. Oil on canvas board. 18 x 15 in.
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